Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging
โ Scribed by Jan S. Iwanczyk (Editor)
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 2015
- Leaves
- 362
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging discusses the current state of the art and future prospects of photon-counting detectors for medical imaging applications. Featuring contributions from leading experts and pioneers in their respective fields, this book:Describes x-ray spectral imaging detectors based on cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) and cad
โฆ Table of Contents
CdZnTe and CdTe Crystals for Medical Applications. Monte Carlo Modeling of X-Ray Detectors for Medical Imaging. Medical X-Ray and CT Imaging with Photon-Counting Detectors. Pixelated Semiconductor and Parallel ASIC Design for Spectral Clinical Radiology. Silicon Photomultipliers in Detectors for Nuclear Medicine. Imaging Technologies and Potential Clinical Applications of Photon-Counting X-Ray Computed Tomography. Photon-Counting Detectors and Clinical Applications. Radiation Detection in SPECT and PET. Review of Detectors Available for Full-Field Digital Mammography. Grating-Based Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging Technique. Voxel Imaging PET Project.
โฆ Subjects
Engineering & Technology;Biomedical Engineering;Electrical & Electronic Engineering;Circuits & Devices;Electronics
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